Case for hunting-knives and the like.



W. BLLERY.

CASE .FOR HUNTING KNIVES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 1914.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

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WILLIAM ELLERY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CASE FOR HUNTING-KNIVES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

Application filed April 1, 1914. Serial No. 828,693.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM ELLERY, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cases for Hunting- Knives and the like, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide a case for a hunting knife, or knife carried on a belt around the person, which will preserve the knife very securely against accidental displacement or loss, and from which the knife can yet be removed very quickly when desired.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side view of the knife case with a knife therein; Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof; Fig. 3 is a side view of the case, the knife being removed.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates a knife used in hunting, in which the blade 2 is rigidly attached to the handle 3. & indicates a leather case therefor, having a pocket 6 to receive the knife blade and the inner portion of the handle, and having an up wardly extending loop 7 adapted to surround a belt. In the outer side 8 of said loop are two parallel vertical slits 9, forming a strip or band 11 connected at its ends to the loop. Around this strip or band is a circular steel ring 12 sufficiently large to be passed over Copies of the outer end of the handle of the knife. When the knife is inserted in the case, as shown in Fig. 1, the ring 12 is passed over the upper end of the handle, the ring being of such diameter that, even if the case, With the knife therein, were inverted, the ring would not drop off the end of the handle of the knife, but would require a slight pressure to push it past one corner of said handle. Thus the knife is absolutely secured against accidental displacement or loss. To withdraw the knife, all that is necessary is to press the ring up over the upper end of the handle, which can be done by the thumb just before grasping the knife handle with the hand, so that the time occupied in withdrawing the knife from the case is not materially increased.

I claim 2- A knife case having a pocket for the knife blade, a loop extending upwardly therefrom, the outer side of said loop having a longitudinally extending band, and a ring around said band of size to fit over the free end of the handle of the knife.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

-WILLIAM ELLERY. Witnesses FRANCIS M. WRIGHT, D. B. RICHARDS.

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